an affectedly learned and obscure borrowing from another language, esp Greek or Latin
inkhorn term in American English
noun
an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, esp. Latin or Greek
Word origin
[1535–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1535–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alcohol, protocol, symmetry, tracer, troop